Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:32:42 +0800 From: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need for video driver Message-ID: <CALM2mEn0TU4ZWmXsD5gSSgK2MEfQrMc6eRWREAXHqhe2eWT41w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BN6PR2001MB1730C219D29063E2D05D29B980360@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> References: <BN6PR2001MB1730C219D29063E2D05D29B980360@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> wrote: > I have an older system that has an NVIDIA video card. The system is mainly > used for storage and > as a mail server. Is there any advantage to installing the > "x11/nvidia-driver" port? > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x13023842 chip=0x10c310de > rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > device = 'GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3]' > class = display > subclass = VGA > > -- > Carmel > If you're only going to be using the console, I wouldn't see the need to install graphics drivers. Will you be using anything other than ssh to manage that server?
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